The ceremony, which is known as Taklif Celebration, was held at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Hosseiniyah on the eve of the birth anniversary of Imam Ali (AS), Prophet Mohammad’s son-in-law and the first shia imam.
Ayatollah Khamenei congratulated the schoolgirls on reaching the Taklif age and urged them to be serious about their studies and religious duties as they seek to become the successful and influential women of the future.
“Try to be one of the country's outstanding women. How? Study your lessons well, do your homework well, work, think, and read books so that, God willing, you may be one of the great women in the country in the future,” Ayatollah Khamenei said while addressing the convivial gathering of the schoolgirls.
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